Mike Bethune
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Mike Bethune
12-Stages towards genuine compassion, for churches & others that are serious about helping the less fortunate
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In this timely and thought-provoking resource, Michael Bethune challenges churches, ministries, community organizations, and individual believers to rediscover the heart of Jesus for those society too often overlooks.
Unto the Least of These
Grounded in Scripture and shaped by decades of ministry experience, this book confronts difficult questions about compassion, justice, dignity, and the Church's responsibility to those living on the margins.
While many immediately think of homelessness, hunger, and poverty when they hear the phrase "the least of these," Bethune reminds us that today's marginalized population extends far beyond those categories. It includes struggling veterans, senior citizens living on fixed incomes, families impacted by job loss, individuals battling addiction and mental illness, children trapped in cycles of poverty, victims of abuse, immigrants and refugees seeking safety, those re-entering society after incarceration, people living with disabilities, and countless others who often feel unseen, unheard, or forgotten.
In an age marked by economic uncertainty, housing insecurity, rising costs of living, loneliness, political division, and growing social isolation, this book calls the Church to resist the temptation to become comfortable while others suffer. Instead, it invites believers to return to the compassionate, courageous ministry modeled by Jesus, a ministry that saw people before their problems and extended dignity before judgment.
Rather than simply identifying what has gone wrong, Bethune provides a practical twelve-stage roadmap to help churches evaluate their ministries, strengthen their outreach, and build cultures where compassion becomes more than a program; it becomes a lifestyle. His conviction is simple yet profound: whenever we faithfully serve "the least of these," we are serving Christ Himself.
Whether you are a pastor, ministry leader, volunteer, or someone who simply desires to love people more like Jesus did, this book offers biblical insight, practical wisdom, and a compelling challenge to move from good intentions to genuine compassion.
I help people overcome & grow from thier most difficult life's challenges; through writing, coaching & mentoring.
Mike Bethune is a man of faith, a servant at heart, and a voice of encouragement for those navigating life’s toughest seasons. With well over a few decades of ministry and service to others, as well as eight years of honorable U.S. military service (including a 6-month hostile deployment), Mike’s life calling and mission has been rooted in helping others find strength, healing, and purpose in and through the word of God from its inception. Much of his ministry work & writing over the years has been intentionally centered on those that have been most often overlooked & misunderstood; the homeless, teens & young adults aging out of foster care, fellow veterans, individuals battling substance abuse & addiction, and women overcoming domestic violence, to name a few. Mike is known for compassionately meeting people where they are, and walking alongside them on their journey towards healing, restoration, & redirection.
lessons that might have saved my brother's life, hopefully they'll change & save yours)
The tools shared in this book are not just principles, they are personal. They are the very tools that he wishes his brother would've applied when he found himself STUCK in life, tools that might have changed the outcome of his life. That reality fuels the urgency behind every page and every step in this book.